Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-05-14
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The Garfield statue adds one more to the
| many art works Of the national capital.
Washington is already city of statues and
Is pubic squares and avenues are lined with
he figures Of our heroes in bronze and mar
lie. The Capitol building has busts scattered
tbout the house and senate halls, and Statuary
AL, which may be called the Westminster
abby Of the Caoitol building, has about a
score of marble figures. There is a statue of
Garfield here, which is too large for the room,
and this hall is allotted to the two greatest
men Of each state Of the union, the selection
sbeing made by the various states Rhode
Island has presented the figures of Nathaniel
Greene and Roger Williams, both in life size,
and both dressed in the costumes of their day.
Greene is attired in the full regimentals of a
major general of the Continental army, and
Williams has on the clothes of early colonial
lays Connecticut honors Roger Sherman
and Jonathan Trumbull, and New York has
two bronze life sized statues One of these
represents George Clinton, who was a general
of the revolutionary army, governor of New
York and vice president of the United States,
and the other is the statue of Robert r. Liv-
ingston, the man who administered the oath
of office to George Washington when he was
first inaugurated, and vino consummated the
treaty for the cession Of Louisiana by France
to the United States
Beside these bronze statues stand the two
great men Of Massachusetts, One is John
Winthrop, who was the. first governor, and
the other Samuel Adams, who was known
over the world as the great Adams before
John Adams or his son, John Quincy, had
become prominent. Vermont's statues al,
those of Ethan Allen and Jacob Collamer
Allen is represented i'll the uniform of a Con
tinental officer. He is giant in marble, anG
he Is supposed to stand here as he stood be
fore Ticonderoga demanding its surrender
lin the name of the great Jehovah and the
Continental congress" The Pennsylvania
statues are comparatively new ones, an6
while one is very good, the other, it seems to
me, is poor Robert Fulton is represented
as sitting on chair looking intently at
model of the steamboat. The marble of this
statue glows with life, and you can almost
see the great thoughts forming in the mind
OF the inventor. The other is that of Mullen
berg, the speaker Of the first congress. Fl,
Is represented in the knee breeches of tn;
colonial days, and looks as though he were
walking for wager. The face is effeminat,
and the attitude awkward. Just beside thi,
stands the statue of Garfield, and Ohio ha.
chosen its other hero in the person of "Fog-
horn" Allen, the uncle of Senator Thurman
member of the United States senate, an,
governor Of the state
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Hiram Powers made fine statue of Der
franklin which the government bought in
1867 for $1,000, and this now stands at the
aNtern grand staircase of the senate chamber |
vt the other side of the building there is |
'tatue OF John Hancock. the president of tn, |
Continental congress, which is also very fine |
and at the east of the house there is a statu, |
IF Jefferson which Powers made in Italy and |
'or which he also received $4,000.
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The supreme court has busts of its departed |
'hief justices on marble brackets around the
walls OF its court room, and Chief Justice
is the only one who has, think,
been embodied at full length. His statue in
Ironze has been erected in front Of the Capi-
ol. he is represented in his supreme court
,own seated on his spine in great bronze
hair and in the act, suppose, of administer
ng Justice to the city of Washington, which
5 spread out like a map before him This
tatue cost more than the susss of all the
'ther justices combined. 1t is very fine. but
Is position Is not good The bust OF Taney in
he court room is by st. Gaudens. 1t was
ONE time after it was completed before IL
vas permitted to he placed in its present
'osition, and this was on account Of preiu-
Ices existing against fancy arising from his
ympathy with the south during the late war.
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In one OF the house corridors there is